Do you attend reunions? High school, college, military?

Ralphy1

Ralphy1

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Most of us are probably way past the the possible prom stage and may be past the reunion stage, too. However, perhaps you attend them and would like to tell us why you do or don't...
 

Hmm, so far not very encouraging reports. I was considering attending one before it is too late, but now I am reconsidering my consideration...
 
I attend my high school reunion every five years. I also do my college reunion (it's a weekend thing) every 10-20 years or so. In addition to those two, I also attend the Marines Second Division reunion when I get the urge, which has only been twice. The H.S. reunion is the most fun. The college reunion is all about who has the most toys and the worst reunion is the Marines. Most of the guys want to get drunk and talk about the war and good old "what's-his-name." There is one dude there that goes to every reunion. They call him "Bulldog" because he looks like one. No kidding. I mean he even barks like a Bulldog. He is the first one there, or so I am told, and the last one to leave. He drinks like a fish, but I never seen him drunk.
 
I've attended 2 reunions. A 10 and 20 year high school reunion. I enjoyed both but we have not had one since. There were only 30 in my graduation class so some have died and many live all over the place. I guess that is why no one has gone to the trouble of tying to put another together.
 
I have never attended and don't plan to start. I suspect they would require a much greater tolerance for incessant talk about grandchildren than I possess.
 
We attend most of our high school reunions. My husband and my sister graduated in the same class so it`s a good opportunity to get together with her and our BIL as well. My last reunion was my 40th and it was a three day event held in Reno,NV. It was lots of fun. The guys played golf and the girls shopped and visited and it was a great weekend. The gal that put it together tried to do another three years later just because it turned out to be so much fun and couldn`t get enough people to commit and send in their $$$ to reserve the space at the hotel so she scrubbed it. I`m sure we`ll have a 50th though in 2018.
 
No way...I live on the other side of the country now and wouldn't go to that amount of trouble for a reunion, might consider it if I already lived there, yet when I was around town at the 10th reunion, I didn't go. I don't think I would want to put my self through that. Or... if I was filthy rich and wanted to show off, it might tempt me, but no.
 
I went to my 25th HS reunion and soon learned that the people I didn't like in high school.... I STILL didn't like. No more for me... the 50th is coming up next year. I won't be going.
 
QuickSilver said:
I went to my 25th HS reunion and soon learned that the people I didn't like in high school.... I STILL didn't like.
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That is actually very true,QS. Can`t think of anyone who is an entirely different person than they were back then. Luckily,there are enough of the people who I did like to make it fun! I do think FB has had an effect on the reunions now though-lots of people feel that if there is anyone they really want to reconnect with,they can do it on FB.
 
I noticed that even at the reunion.. the cliques still existed.. all the "cool" kids still sat at the same table and had that dismissive tone when talking to a non-cool kid who happened to approach them. Nothing really changed.. There were a few surprises.. Some ugly duckings were real stunners. Some cool guys were fat and bald.. and Beverly had huge breast implants.. bet they are now somewhere in the vicinity of her knee caps now.. lol!!
 
Some ugly duckings were real stunners.
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I noticed this, and vice-versa.

I went to the 10[SUP]th[/SUP] and had fun (disco was alive!). Missed the others but sometimes I sent for the booklet that tells where people are/what they’re doing. Big class 450+. I think the 50[SUP]th[/SUP] would be interesting, but that’s 3 years away.
 
QuickSilver said:
I went to my 25th HS reunion and soon learned that the people I didn't like in high school.... I STILL didn't like. No more for me... the 50th is coming up next year. I won't be going.
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With high school in particular that's the thing. Many will not change especially the ones that want to attend these things with any regularity. Just like the holidays I don't go all out because my feeling is that if I really want to stay in contact with you I'll stay in contact with you and visa versa. Just like I don't wait until new years to drink Sometimes you run into people in the street on the run that's one thing but people who attend these things are trying to maintain or capture a certain feeling/era or are board to death. Time to move on. It seems every 5 years some alum pounds with you notices of an up coming reunion(my guess they want to maintain or recapture that "lost" feeling) In a way, it's almost sad that some people just can't seem to move on.
 
Hmmm,I guess that could be true of some,but for me it`s fun to go back and see people with whom I share a common bond of having grown up in great times and attending a great school and having a real good time. They may not be people that I would want to see every day or have a close friendship with-especially if they live hundreds or thousands of miles away,but for a night or even a weekend,it`s fun!
 
I think if you had a particularly nice high school experience and had a great time that would be true.. However, for many.. in fact maybe the majority of us, high school was a time of insecurity, and angst.. Not always filled with fond memories.

Seems that if people are going to have recurring night mares... it's usually about high school. being naked in the hall, or taking an algebra final after forgetting to attend one single algebra class.. those seem to be really common ones.
 
WhatInThe said:
With high school in particular that's the thing. Many will not change especially the ones that want to attend these things with any regularity. Just like the holidays I don't go all out because my feeling is that if I really want to stay in contact with you I'll stay in contact with you and visa versa. Just like I don't wait until new years to drink Sometimes you run into people in the street on the run that's one thing but people who attend these things are trying to maintain or capture a certain feeling/era or are board to death. Time to move on. It seems every 5 years some alum pounds with you notices of an up coming reunion(my guess they want to maintain or recapture that "lost" feeling) In a way, it's almost sad that some people just can't seem to move on.
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I don’t think attending a high school reunion means that people haven’t “moved on” or that they are stuck in some time warp. I never saw it as sad/pathetic. There is nothing wrong with nostalgia and sharing things that have happened.
 
I had a good time in high school, although I wasn't the clubby or cliquey or cheerleader sort. But there were some miserable souls who suffered badly through it. And if I were by some remote chance to find myself at a reunion, I would seek out old friends I liked back then, but sadly many of them would have aged badly or no longer be alive.
 
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